Dragon's Blood for red color

[Wessam]

I have tried a herbal powder called Dragon's blood ( in my country called deer's blood) with my PC soap recipe and i got this beautiful read color... i think this batch would do well next valentin's

 

[Dorymae]

Very pretty. Is it cured yet? Is it scented with dragons blood FO? I know DB discolors harshly but with that shade it may turn a deep brick red instead of brown. I think you did very well.

 

[dixiedragon]

Very pretty!

 

[shunt2011]

Very pretty color. I have DB resin I've been wanting to infuse. But as stated if you used DB fragrance it will discolor quite a bit. My red is a dark brick red now.

 

[cmzaha]

I use infused DB resin and it does make a deep red. I usually add it into my seperated batter when making DB soap. I color my db with td and red mica infused db resin. Makes for interesting coloring with the dark brown of db

 

[Wessam]

Well... actually I don't know about the soap turning brown when adding DB. This happened once i added the DB powder to the light greenish soap base at trace and i was frustrated.. then during saponification, some wide areas of the soap started to turn red till most of the soap bar turned red except for a few brownish spots... when i left the soap to cure, even the little brownish spots turned red and now the entire soap is red. I scented it with Rose EO (a strong scent of rose we call here "Royal Rose" EO), but the scent did not survive for more than 12 hours

 

[Wessam]

Very pretty. Is it cured yet? Is it scented with dragons blood FO? I know DB discolors harshly but with that shade it may turn a deep brick red instead of brown. I think you did very well.

Thanx for the positive stroke i don't know DB fragrance actually... i scented with royal rose EO... but this did not survive as usual

 

[Wessam]

This is a clearer pic of the color degree

 

[Wessam]

BTW DB powder is added to lip balm to give a reddish colorto the lips... some women add it to very basic moisturing creams and they use it on their cheeks and heals to give a healthy pinkish color to their skin

 

[dixiedragon]

Wessam, what are the ingredients of this? I'd love to have a natural red color that pretty!

 

[Wessam]

Wessam, what are the ingredients of this? I'd love to have a natural red color that pretty!

olive, coconut and castor oil for soap... dragonblood powder for color, and royal rose EO for scent

 

[lpstephy85]

Can the resin be ground up in to a powder to mix with some oil and then added at trace? If so, I would love to use something like this for my rose GM soaps

 

[Wessam]

Can the resin be ground up in to a powder to mix with some oil and then added at trace? If so, I would love to use something like this for my rose GM soaps

I added the DB powder directly at trace.. i don't know about resin

 

[HerbalEarthling]

Where do you get DB? I was looking around on eBay and could only find what is labeled at incense. I understand it's a resin so that makes sense. But is that the same thing as what you guys and gals are using?

 

[kchaystack]

Dragon's blood is a resin. It is the sap of a tree. The powder is just the dried sap ground up fine.

The recipes I have seen involve using the ground powder to infuse into oil, then using that oil in your soap recipes.

You can find the powder at Nurture Soap.

 

[Dorymae]

The op said they used an herbal powder. I think it may have been this: http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/d/dragon20.html

As opposed to the dragons blood resin from trees we are use to seeing associated with soap.